SFotD: ‘Zero Dark Valentines’ Waterboards the Romance Out of You
Why Watch? “Whatever you get me, I will love.” Buying a Valentine’s Day gift is tough. Trying to find out what your girlfriend really wants is torture. With a dozen quotable jokes, a solid spoof on...
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Greta Gerwig’s Pal Dates a Guy Named Patch in New ‘Frances Ha’ Clip
Indie auteur Noah Baumbach‘s latest film, the Greta Gerwig-starring Frances Ha, centers on Gerwig’s shiftless New Yorker Frances, a twentysomething still trying to figure it (or anything) out. Of...
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Albert Brooks Taking the Plunge Again, Returns for ‘Finding Nemo 2′
Briefly: Despite his recent career resurgence thanks to outstanding supporting turns in films like This Is 40 and Drive, Albert Brooks is apparently still well-aware of the benefits of returning for...
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Opinion: ‘Austin Powers’ Made Gobs of Money That Would Have Been Better...
When Mike Myers‘ SNL skit, Wayne’s World, got spun off into a successful feature film in 1992, he kind of lucked himself into a transition from TV to movies. When he tried to anchor a film all by...
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Casting Couch: Nicolas Cage to Bring His Intensity to ‘Tokarev,’ Seth...
What is Casting Couch? It’s your daily dose of casting news. Today we find out what Helena Bonham Carter is up to with McNulty. It’s that time of the month again. What time? When Nic Cage takes...
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Justified: The Many Artistic Puns of ‘Foot Chase’
This week’s Justified seems like a bit of a present to those of us who are loyal viewers of the show. There was swift Raylan and Boyd banter. There was that Deadwood reunion proper between Timothy...
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The YA Fantasy Craze Continues as ‘Shadow and Bone’ Finds a Screenwriter
Here’s a piece of writing advice: write a really great Young Adult fantasy novel right now. Don’t wait another second. Who knows if we’re in the middle of a long-term trend or the waning days. So get...
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‘The Numbers Station’ Trailer Needs John Cusack and Malin Ackerman to Save...
Everybody keeps shooting at John Cusack. To get them to stop, he and Malin Ackerman are going to have to crack a long string of numbers because, as we all know, the left side of the brain is the...
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Martin Scorsese to Seek ‘Revenge of the Green Dragons’ with Andy Lau
Okay, this is really cool. First, Andrew (Wai-keung) Lau directed Infernal Affairs, then Martin Scorsese remade it as The Departed and won and Oscar, and now the pair will unite to make Revenge of the...
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6 Filmmaking Tips From John McTiernan
He’s made some amazing films, he stands as an icon of a lengthy era, but I submit that John McTiernan is still an unfairly maligned filmmaker. He’s relegated by many to a position as merely a mindless...
View ArticleSFotD: ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamond’ is an Absurdly Funny Comedy That Turns...
Why Watch? The trend of celebrities playing themselves is wearing a bit thin, but holy hell if Lou Diamond Phillips doesn’t nail it better than just about anyone here. In Lucy in the Sky with Diamond,...
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Birds Are Always Bad News in New ‘Dark Skies’ Poster
If horror films have taught us anything, it’s that flocks of birds are never a good thing – especially when said birds dive-bomb your home for no particular reason. That bad bird omen has been quite...
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Oscilloscope Laboratories Grabs Hannah Fidell’s ‘A Teacher’
Briefly: Oscilloscope Laboratories has just announced via press release that it has picked up the North American rights to Hannah Fidell’s feature directorial debut, A Teacher. The Lindsay...
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Review: ‘A Good Day To Die Hard’ Is Neither Good Nor ‘Die Hard’
This is traditionally where the plot synopsis goes, but by simply listing the events that take place in this film, we would be showing more concern for the plot than did the screenwriter of A Good Day...
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Author Richard Matheson (and Son) to Adapt Own ‘Shrinking Man’ for Modern Times
The reboot monster chugs on, but at least this one has its creator behind its resurgence. THR reports that beloved sci-fi author Richard Matheson will again adapt his own “The Shrinking Man” for the...
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‘Come Out and Play’ Trailer Aims to Turn Your Children Against You
Modern horror movies have made a ton of money working off the assumption that little kids are creepy. What would happen, then, if an entire town’s worth of the little shits suddenly became murderous...
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Casting Couch: Hugh Laurie to Terrorize ‘Tomorrowland,’ Lea Seydoux Will...
What is Casting Couch? Today it’s mostly concerned with the comings and goings of British actors, but we also let Lea Seydoux slip in there because she’s wonderful. So far the only things we know...
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Review: ‘Safe Haven’ Gets the Romance Right… But Everything Else So, So Wrong
I walked into Safe Haven last night prepared to turn my nose up at the overly romantic Nicholas Sparks-isms and to expect a lot of people to fall victim to cancer. I had seen a few of the other movies...
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New Red Band Trailer for Danny Boyle’s ‘Trance’ Will Blow Your Mind
Holy brain-splattering hell. Danny Boyle. Yes. The director is back with Trance, a film that looked interesting and now — because of this red band trailer — looks un-missable. The movie stars James...
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Songs of Anarchy: Vol 2 – Win Your Copy of SamCro’s Greatest Hits
The popular FX show Sons of Anarchy has carved out a name for itself thanks to gripping stories, brutal violence, and a unique sound. The show often features covers of well known tunes performed by...
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